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MAN CITY FAN VIEW: My club's relationship with financial skullduggery has left me yearning for the comedy club days, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH

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Rio Ferdinand calls for Man City to be STRIPPED of title after bombshell guilty verdict - as teams who could be handed 'stolen' trophies are revealed

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The ugly stories around Man City's 'warfare' over the 115 charges: The army of lawyers, the brick through the window, the tracker on a car, tension, paranoia and journalists targeted for reporting the truth, as revealed by IAN HERBERT

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